Canopy Piloting
Nationals : 18 – 21
March 2010, Pretoria Skydiving Club
By Jacqui Bruwer, C1673
The boys are back in town!!!!!
The South African Canopy Piloting Nationals
was held at Pretoria Skydiving Club from
the 18th until the 21st of March this
year. Ten senior and one intermediate
entry were received. This is considerably
lower than in previous years, but we
did host 2 World Class events, 2 years
in a row, and it was still a lot of fun.
With Roy Seber as our only entrant for
Intermediate, Roy proved to be quite
the sportsman, attempting the Speed course
which is not compulsory for intermediates
but showed his willingness to learn.
Well done Roy and next year the Seniors
had better watch out, we have a new swooper
in town!!!!
One of the
highlights of the Senior event was
the new South African record in Distance
of 163m by Rob Kruger – watch
out Nick Batch, you have competition!!!!!!
The Canopy Piloting World Championships
will be held in Kolomna, Russia in August
this year with South Africa being represented
by Selwyn Johnson, Rob Kruger, Andre
Fourie and Tim Mace. Ettienne Bosch was
elected as event judge for speed at this
competition and Jacqui Bruwer will serve
on the Jury for this event.
We wish our boys all the best!!!!!
André Fourie Rob
Kruger
2010 Canopy Piloting Open Overall
Results:
Pos |
Team |
Competitor |
Accuracy |
Distance |
Speed |
Total |
|
|
|
Pos |
Points |
Pos |
Points |
Pos |
Points |
|
1 |
R.S.A. |
103
Selwyn Johnson |
1 |
293.670 |
4 |
192.331 |
1 |
269.087 |
755.088 |
2 |
R.S.A. |
104
Christopher Teague |
2 |
286.486 |
2 |
230.784 |
5 |
187.505 |
704.775 |
3 |
R.S.A. |
105
Rob Kruger |
4 |
141.772 |
1 |
282.710 |
3 |
216.398 |
640.880 |
4 |
R.S.A. |
107
Brendon van Niekerk |
3 |
201.675 |
3 |
204.466 |
4 |
200.046 |
606.187 |
5 |
R.S.A. |
101
Andre Fourie |
6 |
108.860 |
5 |
160.362 |
6 |
157.721 |
426.943 |
6 |
R.S.A. |
109
Rob Verner |
8 |
53.523 |
8 |
109.271 |
2 |
222.582 |
385.376 |
7 |
R.S.A. |
102
Tim Mace |
5 |
127.848 |
9 |
99.901 |
8 |
83.426 |
311.175 |
8 |
R.S.A. |
106
Dian Kemp |
7 |
68.354 |
7 |
138.738 |
9 |
81.653 |
288.745 |
9 |
R.S.A. |
108
Sean Schook |
9 |
0.000 |
6 |
153.204 |
7 |
100.000 |
253.204 |
10 |
R.S.A. |
110
Jasper Williams |
9 |
0.000 |
10 |
0.000 |
10 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
2010 Canopy Piloting Intermediate
Overall Results:
Pos |
Team |
Competitor |
Accuracy |
Distance |
Speed |
Total |
|
|
|
Pos |
Points |
Pos |
Points |
Pos |
Points |
|
1 |
R.S.A. |
201
Roy Seber |
1 |
100.000 |
1 |
300.000 |
1 |
300.000 |
700.000 |
(Photographs: Dirk Strydom)
